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06/25/23 Truman

Summertime can mean a strong bite for Truman anglers as bass set up in the trees tops to ambush shad schools or lock on to shallow cover on the flats.  For those willing to confront blistering temperatures, fish can be fairly predictable.  However, 91 teams faced a lake that had seen a quick rise followed by  a draw down, windy conditions with direction shifting from day to day, and an increase of pleasure boaters on the lower portion of the lake, all making for trying times when attempting to battle for a win and qualifying points for the Joe Bass Invitational to be held at Stockton Lake next fall.   Despite the warm water, anglers did a magnificent job of fish care as over 700 pounds of bass were returned to the lake via the Taylor Grubaugh Chevrolet, Buick & GMC Live Release boat.

Proving that back-to-back division points championships is no fluke, Matt Gunter and Kelly Nunn bested the field with a strong 18.16 pound limit.  Their bag included the NAPA Big Bass of the event, a stud 5.90 largemouth, just a tad under the 6.76 pound big bass Matt and son Kane weighed at Pomme the day prior!  Kelly and Matt noted their Hobbytime Motorsports Key to Success focused on a buzzbait bite early followed by tough conditions the rest of the day.  Kelly explained their limit fish didn’t come until 1:30 after they had moved around to a variety of different spots after leaving their starting area.

Greg Askew and Terry Case used their years of experience to secure a second place finish.  Their day started off with a kicker fish weighing 5.45 but also included another good fish that didn’t make it all the way to the boat.  However, 17.65 pounds of bass made it the livewell after hitting a mix of jigs, swimbaits, and brush hogs.  They also noted a quality over quantity situation as they caught six keepers scattered throughout the day.

Brad Jelinek and Brock Reinkemeyer rounded out the top three.  They brought a 17.26 limit to the scales.  Breaking from the others in the top three, the duo reported catching 12 keepers while fishing jigs and worms on a variety of spots with depths ranging from 6’ to 20’.

Ralph Laster and Glenn Baston took Top Skeeter honors but hightailed to the comforts of the truck’s air conditioning before details could be gathered.

Host lodging for Joe Bass Team Trail on Truman lake is Rivers End Motel & RV Park.  Save a Receipt sponsor.

The fourth event of the Truman Division will be July 23 with a 6:00 takeoff from Shawnee Bend.  Be sure and show up early to ensure you have plenty of time to check in and launch prior to take-off.

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Results

Place Team Members Fish Pnlty B/F TotWgt Pts Payout
1 Matt Gunter – Kelly Nunn 5 5.9 18.16 220 $5,550.00
2 Greg Askew – Terry Case 5 5.43 17.68 219 $2,450.00
3 Brad Jelinek – Brock Reinkemeyer 5 4.91 17.26 218 $1,300.00
4 Tony Powers – *Austin Collins 5 5.07 16.53 217 $800.00
5 Andre Dickniete – Noah Dickneite 5 5.49 16.44 216 $500.00
6 Wyatt Miller – Kolin Rogers 5 0.5 3.85 16.28 215 $400.00
7 Darrin Lankford – Sean Bowling 5 4.18 16.21 214 $300.00
8 Michael Harlin – Anthony Johnson 5 4.96 16 213 $266.00
9 Ralph Laster – Glenn Batson 5 4.1 15.35 212 $500.00
10 Bryce Rieder – Mike Edrington 5 4.5 15.31 211 $250.00
11 Kenny Sloan – Brendon Mick 5 3.9 14.98 210 $200.00
12 Kyle Alsop – Thomas Alsop 5 4.19 14.57 209 $200.00
13 Blake Felix – Steve Kleihauer 5 4.45 14.29 208 $200.00
14 Chris Thomas – Charley Thomas 5 5 14.25 207 $180.00
15 Karl Schmidt – Dan Martinez 5 4.7 14.09 206 $180.00
16 Ronnie Kane – Kit Lueg 5 4.24 13.96 205 $180.00
17 Ed Matthews – Tom Starforth 5 4.38 13.85 204 $180.00
18 Charles Edgar – Steve Fowler 5 4.65 13.82 203 $180.00
19 Stephen Smith – Bill McAvoy 5 4.6 13.59 202
20 Desmon Carl – Tyler Glenn 5 3.93 13.54 201
21 Eric Zuk – Ben Zuk 5 2.69 13.35 200
22 Lee Lengel – *Ava Yanez 5 12.4 199
23 David McCormick – Gary Shartzer 5 0.5 3.93 12.29 198
24 Dennis Whitaker – Mike Tibbs 5 3.71 12.28 197
25 *Riley Phillips – Gus Adkinson 5 4.05 12.22 196
26 Blake Price – Travis Glenn 5 3.1 12.14 195
27 Brandon Brown – Steve Prince 5 2.94 12.08 194
28 Chris Callahan – Billy Daleske 5 2.99 12.06 193
29 Kevin Love – *fished alone 5 11.89 192
30 Wayne Garrison – Billy Greenwell 5 11.88 191
31 Austin Pate – Jordan Reffitt 5 3.68 11.85 190
32 Joseph Hull – Brett Fickle 5 11.26 189
33 Nick Leggett – Logan Carter 5 3.39 11.03 188
34 Greg James – Doug Hoeppner 5 10.97 187
35 Jim Sloan – Jeff Stout 5 10.91 186
36 Jason Fulton – Russell Fisher 5 10.88 185
37 Ron Rush – Rick Rush 4 4.55 10.38 184
38 Dan Hirstein – Chris Hirstein 5 0.5 2.66 10.38 183
39 Jonathan Evans – Bradley Dillon 4 3.02 10.37 182
40 Aaron Foglesong – Jeff Wilkins 5 10.2 181
40 John Krewson – Brad Territo 5 10.2 181
42 Jordan Williams – *Trevor Bartlett 5 9.69 179
43 Tyler Bone – Eli Smith 5 9.66 178
44 Tom McGovern – Larry Wright 5 1 9.46 177
45 Ricky Clemen – Phil McKinney 5 9.09 176
46 Rich Campbell – Travis Stevens 5 9.04 175
47 Doug Long – Marty Watson 4 8.9 174
48 Ron Peek – Grieg Engel 3 3.75 8.53 173
49 Kevin Johnston – Roger Waters 4 8.32 172
50 Caleb Carr – Dustin Langston 5 8.07 171
51 Lennie Becker – Elmer Becker II 4 3.83 7.88 170
52 Donald Clark – Brantley Clark 4 7.83 169
53 Cole Dempsey – Anthony Thurman 4 3.59 7.65 168
54 Kevin Smith – Jerry McCutchen 3 7.49 167
55 Rocky Carden – 3 3.29 7.33 166
56 Troy Hendrick – Chad Hendrick 2 5.55 7.3 165 $310.00
57 Bryan Baker – Darren Baker 2 4.2 6.99 164
58 Shawn Crabtree – Theresa Patterson 4 1.92 6.85 163
59 *Cole Prochko – John Prochko 3 6.39 162
60 Kevin Duer – Dustin Young 4 6.21 161
61 Richard Johnson – Charles Cadenhead 3 5.83 160
62 Bill Jared – Rich Carpenter 3 5.8 159
63 John Williams – Jim Williams 4 5.68 158
64 Dene White – Joe Dorcy 2 4.77 157
65 Kerry Kirkpatrick – Jeff Hamilton 2 4.71 156
66 Jake Beem – Joseph Beem 2 4.57 155
67 John Hodson – Kelvin Charles 2 4.2 154
68 Drake Fredrick – David Crabill 2 4.08 153
69 John Hewkin – Frank Meyer 1 2.77 2.77 152
70 Vincent Baugh – Sandra Davis 1 2.56 2.56 151
71 Jerry Addington – Jasper Addington 0 20
Jeff Bear – Quenton Bear 0 20
John Bennett – Darrell Reach 0 20
Corey Besgrove – Eddie Brown 0 20
Gaige Blanton – *fished alone 0 20
Justin Borum – Jake McKinnis 0 20
Ronny DeNayer – *Melissa DeNayer 0 20
Chet Douthit – Kent Campbell 0 20
Richard Evans – Terry Close 0 20
Casey Flood – Dan Flood 0 20
Jon Lengel – Les Gillett 0 20
Duane Limberg – Tom LeBlanc 0 20
Mike Long – Marvin Kinyon 0 20
Glen McCrary – Sondra McCrary 0 20
William Oehring – Dan Laboube 0 20
Randy Oliphant – Scott Oliphant 0 20
Bobby Roberts – Wesley Myers 0 20
Ben Sadler – 0 20
Troy Thomas – Todd Poretta 0 20
Mark Thompson – Mark Thompson II 0 20
John Wixson – Michael Wixson 0 20

*alternate

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Bob Capps
Trail Manager
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417-818-3898

Timmy Newberry
Tournament Director Mark Twain/Ozarks
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Director Antique/Table Rock/Pomme/Truman/Stockton
rocky@joebassteamtrail.com
417-773-5223

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